Wetland plot located on a fen in the Rocky Mountain District of Colorado, sampled in 2020.
In 2020, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in partnership with Colorado Natural Heritage Program (CNHP) implemented a second pilot season testing a new Riparian and Wetland Monitoring protocol, commonly referred to as “Lentic AIM”. The Lentic AIM 2020 pilot project was carried out by a team including CNHP staff, BLM staff, and seasonal field crews. During 2020, three field crews sampled 64 sites across three western states (Colorado, Utah, and Idaho), with a bonus four sites sampled by district office staff in the Prineville District in Oregon. This document provides a way to look closely at the data collected and the metrics calculated from the data to aid in the interpretation of those data.